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Buy school supplies from a list: what to say in Portuguese

The school has given you a list of supplies, and you buy everything at the stationery shop.

Papelaria5 linesLevel A1For life in Portugal The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. It's easiest to show the shop assistant the school list: in September stationery shops are used to this.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.

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YOU START
Tenho esta lista do material escolar.
TEH-nyoo ESH-tuh LEESH-tuh doo muh-tih-RYAHL shkoo-LAHR.
I have this school supplies list.
THEY SAY
Deixe ver. Eu junto tudo.
Daysh vehr. Eh-oo ZHOON-too TOO-doo.
Let me see. I'll put it all together.
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YOU REPLY
Também preciso de lápis de cor.
Tuhm-BAYN prih-SIH-zoo d LAH-peezh d kor.
I also need coloured pencils.
THEY SAY
Tenho, sim. Mais alguma coisa?
TEH-nyoo, seen. Mighz uhl-GOO-muh KOY-zuh?
Yes, I have it. Anything else?
They might also say:
Claro. E mais?
KLAH-roo. Ee mighsh?
Of course. Anything else?
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YOU FINISH
Não, é tudo, obrigado.
now, eh TOO-doo, oh-bree-GAH-doo.
No, that's all, thank you.
Or say:Não, é só isto, obrigado.
now, eh soh EESH-too, oh-bree-GAH-doo.

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Words worth knowing

Tenho
TEH-nyoo
verb
(I) have
lista
LEESH-tuh
noun
list
material
muh-tih-RYAHL
noun
materials, supplies
escolar
shkoo-LAHR
adjective
school (adjective)
Deixe
Daysh
verb
let
ver
vehr
verb
to have a look, to see

17 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.

If you did not understand

Pode mostrar-me?
Pod moosh-TRAHRM?
Can you show me?

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